I agree with most that overall I like what Treliving has done (minus the goaltending situation). The Flames are in a better position now than when he took over.
I also don't see any problem with the way the Flames handled the situation. At the end of the day it's a results oriented business and with the way the Flames started the season and how the team was performing in January, I can see why they didn't rush to re-up Treviling. At that point everybody was speculating on whether the GG hire and bringing in Elliot was the correct decision. I'm assuming so was ownership and management. The team finally bought in and started playing some good hockey, which led to a playoff birth.
They probably didn't want to shift his focus from the team to contract negotiations during the trade deadline and leading up to the playoffs, as I'm sure he already had a lot on his plate. The Flames got eliminated and couple weeks later they got through the nitty gritty and he's been resigned.
The overreaction by some fans and the media to him not having been extended was over blown IMO. I don't think GMs should be completely different from players and coaches in terms of that good old saying "show me what you've done lately" to earn that extension.
Now he has plenty of time to shift his focus and prepare for the expansion draft and the entry draft.
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